Banana Pumpkin Seed Smoothie

Banana Pumpkin Seed Smoothie 

Another healthy option for breakfast Frozen Banana Pumpkin seed smoothie. In Association with 

#Puremart and #Kukclean.

To prepare this smoothie you need to plan a bit early, at least 8 to 10 hours. As we need to freeze banana 

and soak the seeds overnight.

It's a very Simple, healthy and easy recipe. Only thing is that preparation time is a bit more, as we need to freeze 

Banana and soak the seeds overnight. If we are not soaking overnight, at least 4 to 5 hours is needed.

Preparation Time :  8 to 10 hours

Cooking time :  2 - 3 min

Ingredients :  

• Banana 2 medium size one frozen and one for garnishing
• Pumpkin seed 1 tablespoon
• Sunflower seed 1 tablespoon
• Flex seed 1 tablespoon
• Peanut butter 1 Tablespoon
• Milk 1/2 cup
• Ice Cubes
• Honey 1 teaspoon its optional if required

Procedure :  

• Take a banana peel it, cut into small pieces and keep it in a freezer for 8 to 10 hours

• Soak Pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds and flex seeds in a 1/2 cup of water for overnight

• In a blender take frozen banana, soaked seeds, peanut butter, Milk , ice cubes and honey if you want blend all the ingredients till it is smooth

• Now transfer this into a bowl top it with sliced banana, roasted seeds and some peanut butter

• Enjoy 

Tips :   

• You can add Almonds to this 
• Peanut butter is also optional 
• If you like chocolate flavour you can add chocolate sauce to this 

Seeds and Nuts Trial Mix

Seeds and Nuts Trail Mix. 

Very delighted to share that being part of group like Kukclean, which is totally based upon healthy living, healthy cooking, and holistic food . So I also have a habit of every time giving good and healthy nutrients to my family.

I am also part of Mudypuddler and they recently associated me with a brand called Puremart. 

Puremart, i am really thankful to you for sending me such a nice pack of all super foods like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds. They all are so fresh and nice. which i am using daily in my eating whether it is a salad or smoothie or if i need something to munch. 

 Today my husband was traveling, I don't want him to consume chips, fried nankeens or similar unhealthy stuff which is easily available the market. Rather i thought he needs something healthy and filling, which he can easily carry with himself. So I prepared my seeds and nuts trail in which i used pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds, flex seeds, Sesame seeds and nuts like almonds, raisin and cashew.

Benefits of Pumpkin Seed : It is full of nutrients, and packed with antioxidants.It is good source of fibre.

Benefits of Flex seeds : It is again loaded with many nutrients. Rich source of Omega 3 fatty acid. It contains high quality protein.

Benefits of Sunflower seeds : It rich in Vitamin B complex, and a good source of  Phosphorus, Magnesium, Iron, Calcium and Vitamin E. It act as a Immunity boaster also... So the benefits are endless 

I simply dry roasted all the nuts and seeds. As all seeds and nuts are having their individual size and shape and hence should be roasted separately.  I pan roasted them separately and then mixed with sesame seed oil and little bit of chat masala powder, roasted jeera and rock salt to give it an Indian namkeen taste which we all love. 

Enjoy and do share your feedback

Preparation Time : 5 min

Cooking Time : 15 to 20 min

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Ingredients :  

• Pumpkin Seeds 1 Tablespoon
• Sunflower Seeds 1 Tablespoon
• Flex Seeds 1 Tablespoon
• White sesame seeds 1 Tablespoon
• Cashew-nut 20 to 25
• Almond sliced 1 Tablespoon
• Raisin 1 Tablespoon
• Sesame oil 1 teaspoon
• Rock salt according to taste
• Roasted Cumin powder 1/2 Teaspoon
• Chaat Masala 1/2 teaspoon

Procedure :  

• Take all the Ingredients 

• In a pan dry roast all the nuts and seeds Individually as all the ingredients have different shape and size so they took different time to get roasted. except raisin. 

• Once all the nuts and seeds are dry roasted. Take a pan add a teaspoon of sesame oil in it now add cashew nuts, sliced almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flex seeds, sesame seeds mix them all and roast for a minute. Now sprinkle rock salt, cumin powder and chaat masala mix it well . turn off the gas. 

• Now add raisin to this mix it slightly

• Once the mixture is cool transfer it in to a airtight container . Enjoy when ever you want to 

Tips.

• If you want to serve to your kids you can avoid spices. It is your choice. You can also keep this mixture prepared and keep it as a young for smoothies or ice creams or salads whatever you like.

Ginger Garlic Bites

Garlic Bites  

I think I am writing this blog post after a long time, busy with lots of personal stuff. I was part of a start up venture while I was writing my blog. But soon I realised that with my job, I wasn't able to devote any time to the blog. So recently I decided to take a break and concentrate on my blog.

As we all know winters are going on and during this time we can enjoy lots of green vegetables. Recently, a friend of mine visited me for a lunch date and I had to prepare the same.So, I went to the market and noticed lots of green veggies. I was planning to make Makke ki Roti with Sarson ka Saag for main course and wanted to prepare something for starters. I saw fresh green Garlic with an enticing aroma. So, I prepared a very simple starter with only 5 ingredients- Boiled Potatoes, Green Garlic, Green Chilli, Ginger and bread crumbs

If you like Garlic flavour then you will certainly enjoy this dish. I served this with an effortless green Tomato and Garlic chutney which complements each other and the starter gracefully. My friend relished it and I hope you will feel the same. Do share your experience.

Preparation Time :  20 Min

Cooking Time :  15 Min

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Ingredients : 

• Boiled Potatoes 4
• Green Chillies 2 to 3
• Ginger chopped 1 tea spoon
• Garlic Cloves 8 to 10 and Garlic greens 10 to 12 leaves
• Bread crumbs 1/2 cup
• Coriander chopped 1 table spoon
• Salt according to taste

Procedure :  

• First of all boil the potatoes, peel them and keep aside
• In a mixer add chopped ginger, garlic, green chillies and garlic greens, mix it and make a coarse paste 

• In a bowl, take boiled potatoes and mash them 

• Now add green paste to this, 2 tablespoon of bread crumbs, chopped coriander and salt

• Mix all ingredients nicely and form a dough 

• In a plate take rest of the bread crumbs as shown in picture 

• Take a small portion of mixture in your palm and form a ball as shown in picture

• Keep this ball in a plate with bread crumbs and roll it so that bread crumbs is nicely coated all over the ball

• Repeat the procedure with rest of the mixture 

• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry these balls on medium flame and enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee  

• I served this with a simple green tomato and garlic chutney 

Tips :  

• You can make these balls and keep it in refrigerator and deep fry as required . but not keep this for long in freezer
• You can change the quantity of garlic according to your taste